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H. W. HAYDEN.

- LAMP BURNER.

No. 322,599. Patented July 21, 1885.

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' HIRAM W. HAYDEN, OF \VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HOLMES;

' fBOOTH & HAYDENS, OF SAME PLACE.

LAMP-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,599, dated July 21, 1885.

Application filed December 15, 1884. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HIRAM W. HAYDEN, of lVaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Burners, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to oil-burners which have annular or Argand wick-tubes. V

The object of the improvement is to provide for conveniently extinguishing the flame of such a burner.

I will describe indetail a lamp-burner embodying my improvement, and then point out the novel features in a claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of a burner embodying my improvement, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures.

A designates the wick-tube of the burner. It is of annular form, and may be of any approved construction. As shown, it is intended to be supplied with a flat wick and to bend such wick into circular form in the passage through it. At the lower end is an external screw-threaded portion or boss, which may be inserted into the filling-mouth of an oilreservoir. Extending from the lower portion, but above the screw-thread referred to, is a baseplate, B. An opening, a, extending through the two walls of the wick-tube, affords provision for the passage of air to the space within the inner wall. Between the two walls of the wick-tube is a circular wick-carrier, 0, provided externally with spurs, with which a wick may be engaged. This wick-carrierhas a tailpiece, 0, extending downwardly from it and provided with a rack (here shown as formed of holes extending through it.) A spur-wheel, 0 engages with the rack of the tail-piece O. This spur-wheel G is affixed to a shaft, 0 which is journaled in the base-plate B and in a bearing extending from the wick-tube. A handle on the outer end of the shaft facilitates turning it to raise and lower the wick. On the exterior of the wick-tube a perforated air-distributer plate, D, is fastened. A shell, E, fits upon the base-plate B and extends up around the air-distributer plate D. The lower part of this shell is perforated to admit air.

The air admitted passes part through the opening a to the space within the inner wall of the wick-tube, and part up through the airdistributer plate D to the tip of the wicktube. A deflector, F, is secured in the upper part of the shell E. It serves to direct air inwardly toward the tip of the wick-tube. The part of the shell E which is above the base of the deflector F forms a gallery, in which a chimney may be supported.

G is a spreader or deflector whereby air ascending from the space within the inner wall of the wick-tube will be forced outward over the tip of the wick-tube. This deflector G will preferably be made approximately conical throughout the greater part of its length and provided at the upper end with a laterally-extending flange. As shown, it is made of two parts, I) b. The part b is made of solid metalsuch,for instance, as brassbut the upper part is made of sheet metal struck up into the proper shape. The part b has a reduced portion at the upper end, and is thereby riveted to the part b. The part b has a cavity in the lower end, so that it may be fitted to a rod, H, which supports the deflector. The deflector G may be lifted oil the rod H and replaced at pleasure. It may also .turn upon the rod. The rod H, which supports the deflector G, is supported in a socket, I, which is secured in place withinthe inner wall'of wicktube. As shown, the said rod extends through the bottom of this socket as well as through the top. Apin, H, extends laterally from the rod H through a vertical slot in the socket I. Said pin constitutes a stop for limiting the upward movement of the rod H. A spiral spring, J, is arranged within the socket I, bearing at one end against the bottom of the socket and at the other end against the pin H. This spring normally holds the rod H, and consequently the deflector G, in the most elevated position, and constitutes a counter-balance for the weight thereof. This deflector isthen in position to direct air to the inner side of a flame issuing from the tip of the wick.

K is a bell-crank lever (here shown as fulcrumed to one of the side walls of the opening a.) One of its arms extends over the pin H of the rod H, and the outer arm is connected to a full rod, L, sliding through an aperture in the upturned rim of the baseplate. By pulling the rod L outwardly the bell-crank lever K may be oscillated so as to pull down the rod H. The deflector G will thereby be lowered, so that its flange will impinge upon the tip of the wick-tube. The flame may thus be extinguished. Whenever the pull-rod L is released, the spring J will raise the rod H and elevate the deflector G to its normal position. The bell-crank leverK will also be oscillated and the rod L will be drawn inward.

It will be seen that by my improvement I enable a deflector to have the additional function of an extinguisher.

What I claim as my invention, and desire I to secure by Letters Patent, is

described.

HIRAM W. HAYDEN.

Witnesses:

H. H. WALKER,

WILLIAM E. PETTEE. 

